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• 82% of Southern California tenants pay June rent on time

  14-07-2020 23:58
  
  Eight of every 10 Southern California tenants with a rent check due paid on time in June, U.S. Census data show.
  Responses to the Census Bureau’s latest “pulse survey” for the region show 82% of those answering the survey question, “Did you pay your last month’s rent on time,” said yes.
  Thirteen percent said during a survey conducted from June 25-30 they missed their due dates, and 5% said their rent was deferred.
  The census report, the ninth in a weekly serie
  
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• 82% of Southern California tenants paid rent on time

  14-07-2020 23:58
  
  Eight of every 10 Southern California tenants with a rent check due paid their June rent on time, U.S. Census data show.
  Responses to the Census Bureau’s latest “pulse survey” for the region show 82% of those answering the survey question, “Did you pay your last month’s rent on time,” said yes.
  Thirteen percent said during a survey conducted from June 25-30 they missed their due dates, and 5% said their rent was deferred.
  The census report, the ninth in a week
  
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• Angels adjust to preparation without seeing another team

  14-07-2020 23:52
  
  ANAHEIM — As Mickey Callaway saw it, one of Shohei Ohtani’s problems the first time he pitched in a game during the Angels summer camp was the opposition.
  “The biggest factor in his command right now has been facing his own hitters,” the Angels pitching coach said. “The day he had to face some of those guys he was a little erratic, not really wanting to throw the ball inside for fear of hitting them.”
  Ohtani walked seven of 10 hitters he faced in his first out
  
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• Banks set aside billions, bracing for more economic pain

  14-07-2020 23:39
  
  By Ken Sweet, The Associated Press
  With tens of millions of Americans out of work and many businesses shut down or operating under restrictions due to the coronavirus, three of the nation’s biggest banks set aside nearly $30 billion in the second quarter to cover potentially bad loans that were fine only a few months ago.
  The results from JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Citigroup on Tuesday offer perhaps the broadest glimpse yet into how badly the pandemic is impacting the financial health
  
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• Laguna Woods residents reflect on life in the time of COVID-19

  14-07-2020 23:36
  
  In June, writer and resident Theresa Keegan invited others to join her on Zoom meetings to write about their experiences of living through the coronavirus pandemic. About a dozen participants reflected on how this historical moment has not only changed their daily routines, but also their perspectives. Here are two selected pieces; two others will be published next week. 
  Sailing my ship through the storm
  By Daya Shankar
  I was so confused when the news about the coronavirus appeared in mid-
  
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• Clippers living their ‘best Disney lives’ inside NBA bubble

  14-07-2020 23:03
  
  Patrick Beverley’s locked in and loaded, with T-shirts for everyone.
  The veteran guard told reporters Tuesday that he treated the four-month hiatus as he would any other offseason.
  That’s to say: He didn’t take the time off.
  “For me, basketball is a year-round sport,” the just-turned-32-year-old guard said via Zoom from Orlando, Florida, where the Clippers are ramping up – methodically and intentionally, as they’ve been describing it – for the star
  
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• When will bingo return to Southern California’s casinos?

  14-07-2020 22:59
  
  The luck of the draw and the fun of gambling isn’t limited solely to things such as slot machines, table games and off-track betting, but also bingo.
  At some tribal casinos, bingo has been a staple but it’s also one of the amenities that many casinos in the region have temporarily shuttered due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to keep their patrons safe.
  One reader asked us when bingo might return to the casinos. We spoke with three casinos that offer bingo and asked when guests c
  
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• Some Laguna Woods Villagers experience the joy of cooking amid pandemic

  14-07-2020 22:44
  
  Soups made from scratch, fresh plates of pasta, and warm apple pie straight from the oven.
  Some say nothing feeds the soul better than homemade foods, and now more than ever.
  Since mid-March, the coronavirus pandemic has locked down and locked in Laguna Woods Village residents, closed clubs and activities, and more recently put the kibosh on dining in at restaurants.
  However, many Villagers are coping with being closed in by cooking, sautéing, baking and revisiting their best-loved recipe
  
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• Dodgers to sell ‘Fan Cutouts’ for 2020 home games

  14-07-2020 22:44
  
  LOS ANGELES — You won’t be able to attend Dodgers games in 2020. But you can still be there.
  Joining a trend among professional sports teams, the Dodgers will sell “Los Angeles Dodgers Fan Cutouts” for home games this season. For $149 (field and loge level seats) or $299 (Dugout Club or the new Home Run Seats in the right and left field pavilions), fans can purchase a cutout of their image (or one of their choice) that will be displayed during games.
  The cutout will stay
  
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• Is satire in political cartoons fully protected? Ask the lawyer

  14-07-2020 22:32
  
  Q: This is an election year. I saw a cartoon about Trump that was just plain offensive. Does anything go — legally, it’s all OK?
  -D.H., Hawthorne
  Ron Sokol
  A: Political speech is a right fundamentally defended by the First Amendment. Unless actual malice can be proven with regard to a depiction, the public figure or politician is fair game. An important case in this regard was decided in 1970 about former Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty. He sued the Los Angeles Times and its publisher fo
  
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• Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students

  14-07-2020 22:29
  
  By Collin Binkley
  BOSTON  — Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes entirely online because of the pandemic.
  The decision was announced at the start of a hearing in a federal lawsuit in Boston brought by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. U.S. District Judge
  
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• 5 Freeway widening project reaches this new milestone

  14-07-2020 22:28
  
  Another milestone in the 5 Freeway’s nine-year, 6.7-mile widening project between the 91 and 605 freeways has been reached with the reopening of South Firestone Boulevard on Monday,
  Firestone, which had been closed from south of Marquard Avenue to south of Valley View Avenue, is now open, allowing through traffic between Artesia and Alondra boulevards.
  This is good news for the businesses, such as TEC Equipment, a truck and trailer dealership on the street, Mike Hung, its store manager, sa
  
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• Farmers’ market reopening in Irvine

  14-07-2020 22:07
  
  Shoppers stopped before bushels of fresh fruit and mounds of colorful vegetables on Saturday, July 11, in the parking lot of Mariners Church in Irvine.
  But this time they were discouraged from handling the produce as a precaution against the coronavirus spread.
  Helene Seroussi and Mathieu Morlighem stroll the newly reopened Mariners Church Farmers’ Market in Irvine with their sons Paul, 5, left, and Gabriel, 7.The market reopened on Saturday, July 11, 2020 after being closed because of the
  
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• Huntington Beach surfer Brett Simpson named USA Surfing coach for Olympic team

  14-07-2020 22:00
  
  Brett Simpson is no stranger to performing under pressure.
  The Huntington Beach surfer, in front of thousands of fans, twice claimed victory in his hometown at surfing’s biggest arena – the US Open of Surfing  – solidifying his spot as one of the country’s best surfers.
  Now a decade after his historic back-to-back wins, Simpson has a new wave to conquer: helping Team USA clinch a gold medal when surfing debuts on the Olympic stage in Japan for the first time next yea
  
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• Sparks’ Candace Parker sees WNBA ‘Wubble’ bright side

  14-07-2020 21:46
  
  Candace Parker is up for it.
  “I really like a challenge, and I know there’s a lot of challenges going forth in this season and there’s a lot of, I would say, question marks after last,” the Sparks’ forward said Tuesday in her first virtual conference with reporters from the WNBA “Wubble” in Bradenton, Florida. “All I do is control the things I can control.”
  Her role this season, she said, is “just a demonstration every day of competing
  
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• DA clears Fullerton officer of fatal shooting of 17-year-old girl

  14-07-2020 21:46
  
  The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has cleared a Fullerton officer for shooting and killing a teenage girl on the 91 Freeway who was pointing what turned out to be a replica firearm.
  Officer Scott Flynn’s actions were “objectively necessary, reasonable and justified under the circumstances” when he shot the 17-year-old on July 5, 2019, a prosecutor wrote in a public letter outlining the results of the investigation released on Tuesday.
  “Although the incide
  
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• Popular Back Bay Drive along Upper Newport Bay closed following rock slide

  14-07-2020 21:22
  
  A section of road will be closed on weekdays during certain hours because of a rock slide. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  If you’re planning a leisurely drive along the scenic Back Bay Drive, or if it is one of your go-to spots to jog or bike to connect with nature, you might want to plan accordingly.
  Back Bay Drive will be closed from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays for two weeks because of a rock slide that happened in late June at a private residence. The closure start
  
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• Orange County announces COVID-19 drive-through testing site to open at Anaheim Convention Center

  14-07-2020 21:11
  
  The ability to test Orange County residents for coronavirus infections will get a big boost on Wednesday, July 15, when the county opens a drive-through testing center at the Anaheim Convention Center.
  The new test site is intended to test health care and nursing home workers, first responders, public employees, grocery and other essential workers, and will also be available for people with symptoms of COVID-19, county spokeswoman Molly Nichelson said.
  The test site, which will be staged in a pa
  
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• Transfers down in CIF Southern Section, COVID-19 perhaps a factor

  14-07-2020 21:06
  
  Transfers in the CIF Southern Section were slightly fewer from the section’s 2018-19 totals to its 2019-20 totals.
  COVID-19 might have influenced those totals.
  The CIF-SS office records transfers data from July through June. From July of 2018 through June 2019 the total number of transfers – change of residence transfers, sit-out period transfers, etc. – was 6,630 in the section that includes Orange County and much of Southern California. From July 2019 through June 2020 the to
  
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• How KABC 790’s John Phillips turned Doctor Hour into a coronavirus Q&A (and one of the best things on radio)

  14-07-2020 20:48
  
  One of the stations that benefited from changed listening habits brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is KABC (790 AM), which in April earned its highest rating in years. That 1.4 rating is double its January rating and a full point above the 0.4 the station was earning at times last year.
  As of the latest ratings released in June, the station is still up 43 percent from January among listeners aged 6 and over.
  One of the true bright spots of KABC’s broadcast day is The John Phillips Show,
  
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• Coastal flooding to steadily increase, says new federal report

  14-07-2020 20:41
  
  The high-tide flooding that inundated the streets of Newport Beach’s Balboa Peninsula over the Fourth of July weekend will grow ever-more common throughout the state — and nation — thanks to rising seas, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s report released Tuesday, July 14.
  The report noted that there were three high-tide flooding days at NOAA’s Los Angeles monitoring station in 2019. But underscoring growing state and local concerns with
  
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• California’s coronavirus U-turn a ‘devastating’ hit to economy

  14-07-2020 20:21
  
  A Disney employee runs a line to get in to the virtual queue for World of Disney on the reopening day of the Downtown Disney District in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, July 9, 2020.
  (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Hospitality workers held protests at hotels throughout Los Angeles County on Wednesday. They are seeking a pause in the reopening of hotels saying they don’t want to be forced to return to work if conditions aren’t safe.SoundThe gallery will resume
  
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• George Horton, Dan Sneddon selected to ABCA Hall of Fame

  14-07-2020 20:11
  
  Former Cal State Fullerton baseball coach George Horton and Don Sneddon, the longtime coach at Santa Ana College, have been chosen for the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
  Horton coached at Cal State Fullerton for 11 years before moving on to coach at the University of Oregon. Horton coached Cal State Fullerton, his alma mater, to a national championship in 2004, and his teams won seven Big West Conference titles.
  Horton’s record at Cal State Fullerton was 420-212-1. He
  
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• How many people will Disneyland admit with reduced capacity?

  14-07-2020 20:10
  
  Disney could limit daily attendance to fewer than 15,000 visitors combined at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure once the Anaheim parks reopen following an extended coronavirus closure, according to a theme park tracking company.
  Disneyland is expected to keep attendance at 10% of maximum capacity and less than 20% of the daily average, according to Touring Plans, which predicts attendance levels at major theme parks using big data and statistical analysis.
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• Taco Tuesday: Pork al pastor at home for days

  14-07-2020 20:02
  
  Taquierio Taco Patio in Irvine maintains one of the most impressive trompos in Orange County. The trompo is that vertical rotisserie that resembles a giant, spinning top. The spit is stacked with layers and layers of marinated pork al pastor, which caramelize and char as the trompo slowly spins. (They have one loaded with chicken, too.) 
  I’ve always wanted to raid their kitchen and abscond with that entire trompo. Sadly, I’m not daring enough to do that. 
  More takeout and d
  
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• Taxes are due tomorrow: What to know about the July 15 deadline

  14-07-2020 19:34
  
  By Sarah Skidmore Sell, The Associated Press
  It’s time to do your taxes — no more delays.
  As the coronavirus pandemic took hold this spring, the federal government postponed the traditional April 15 filing deadline until July 15.
  The move provided some economic and logistical relief for taxpayers dealing with the disruptions and uncertainty brought on by lockdowns, school closures and shuttered businesses. But now that new deadline is just a day away.
  Taxpayers must file or seek an e
  
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• Hermosa Beach music venue Saint Rocke is for sale due to coronavirus

  14-07-2020 19:32
  
  The once busy South Bay music venue Saint Rocke, which is owned by BeachLife Festival co-founder Allen Sanford, is for sale.
  The sale was announced on Monday on the venue’s Facebook page in a post that included a quote from the late Kenny Rogers.
  “Nothing lasts forever, and as our friend Kenny used to say — “You gotta know when to hold ’em, and know when to fold ’em,” So much has happened and its so far from being over, that four childhood friends just c
  
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• Amazon tells staff hand-washing time won’t be held against them

  14-07-2020 19:28
  
  By Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg
  Amazon.com told employees at a New York warehouse, where workers have sued and gone on strike over safety concerns, that they won’t be punished for insufficient productivity or extra time washing their hands.
  In a message Amazon sent recently to employees and posted in bathrooms at the Staten Island facility, the e-commerce giant said workers wouldn’t be disciplined for falling short of quotas based on how many tasks they complete each hour.
  Time spent on
  
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• Ocean current dangers have lifeguards making saves and federal officials on alert

  14-07-2020 19:03
  
  In recent weeks, lifeguards in Laguna Beach and Newport Beach made headlines after saving the lives of four people. A recent surge in crowds at local beaches, compounded by hazardous ocean currents are keeping lifeguards busy.
  While officials praise their heroics,  the incidents are also critical reminders for the public that visiting beaches is not like visiting parks. Getting into the water requires knowledge of ocean safety and guidance from lifeguards. They are experts on ocean conditio
  
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• The EARN IT Act threatens encryption

  14-07-2020 18:56
  
  The senators doth protest too much, methinks. Despite its well-intentioned attack against child predators, the EARN IT Act by Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, and Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, unsubtly attacks encryption. Regardless of costuming or design, the EARN IT Act will undermine the best tool we have to protect our kids and ourselves from surveillance online.
  Advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this month, the EARN IT Act is designed to stop child abuse. Unfort
  
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• 11 Los Angeles pro sports franchises join forces in social justice fight

  14-07-2020 18:29
  
  The widespread street protests for change in the wake of George Floyd’s death have largely come to an end, but the push to drive investment in communities of color and to make an ongoing impact for social justice continued Tuesday.
  Eleven professional sports franchises in greater Los Angeles have joined forces to launch The ALLIANCE: Los Angeles, making a five-year commitment to “address racial injustice, develop educational opportunities and support other important issues” in
  
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• Chicharito on Galaxy loss: ‘I told the lads that this one was on me’

  14-07-2020 18:24
  
  The perfect storybook ending for Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez would have been making his MLS scoring debut with the winning goal for the Galaxy.
  What happened in reality Monday only left him with more frustration.
  Hernandez missed a first-half penalty attempt against the Portland Timbers, had a header hit the crossbar and skied a perfect attempt from within the six-yard box.
  However, in the 88th minute, he finally opened the book on his MLS and Galaxy scoring as he made his trademar
  
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• Cedars-Sinai is fighting severe COVID-19 symptoms with arthritis drug

  14-07-2020 18:16
  
  LOS ANGELES — Most patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia experienced improvement after receiving a Food and Drug Administration-approved drug normally given for rheumatoid arthritis, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center reported Tuesday based on a new study.
  Outcomes for patients who received the drug tocilizumab included reduced inflammation, oxygen requirements, blood pressure support and risk of death compared with published reports of illness and death associated with severely ill COVID
  
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• Cedars-Sinai is fighting severe coronavirus symptoms with arthritis drug

  14-07-2020 18:16
  
  LOS ANGELES — Most patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia experienced improvement after receiving a Food and Drug Administration-approved drug normally given for rheumatoid arthritis, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center reported Tuesday based on a new study.
  Outcomes for patients who received the drug tocilizumab included reduced inflammation, oxygen requirements, blood pressure support and risk of death compared with published reports of illness and death associated with severely ill COVID
  
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• For Latin boyband CNCO, the future is bright, if just a bit delayed by coronavirus

  14-07-2020 17:50
  
  Back in January, the five guys in the Latin boy band CNCO were all laughter and smiles as they sat backstage at the Forum in Inglewood, a few days before tickets went on sale for their biggest Southern California show yet.
  Or what would have been their biggest show had not the coronavirus pandemic wiped the concert calendars clean right through CNCO’s now-canceled June 12 show at the Forum and into the future.
  But at that moment, 2020 looked so bright and so full of potential. So while the
  
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• Tustin community makes sure neighbor facing brain cancer knows they are thankful for all he does

  14-07-2020 17:09
  
  Kevin Verdi, 40, passed a multitude of cheering fans who came out en masse in Tustin Meadows Friday night, July 10, to celebrate him.
  Many waved signs with hand-printed sentiments as he was pushed in a wheelchair through Centennial Park. “Kevin Rocks!” read one, and another, “Thank you for all you do!”
  Recent brain surgery left Verdi uncommunicative. “He has cognitively declined, but he can feel the energy,” said his brother, Cameron Verdi.
  Months ago, the Tus
  
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• Driver accused of fatally striking bicyclist in Huntington Beach then fleeing is arrested

  14-07-2020 16:45
  
  A driver was arrested early Tuesday after fatally hitting a bicyclist in Huntington Beach then fleeing, police said.
  Officers responded to the site of the approximately 12:25 a.m. crash at Beach Boulevard and Sunrise Drive and found a male bicyclist in the road, who paramedics pronounced dead, Huntington Beach Sgt. Joshua Page said.
  Shortly after, police found the suspected vehicle and driver, who was arrested for fleeing the crash scene. Police did not immediately release the identities of thos
  
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• Disney World picked a bad time to get back in the theme park business

  14-07-2020 15:33
  
  If timing is everything in show business, Disney’s not doing so well right now. A month ago, Disney’s rivals — Universal and SeaWorld — reopened their Orlando theme parks to few complaints. But last week, the return of Walt Disney World’s theme parks elicited howls from across the Internet.
  Headlines conflated Disney’s return with the record number of new Covid-19 cases in Florida. Fans recut Disney World’s promotional videos with horror movie soundtrack
  
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• A look back at Susan Rice’s Eritrea-Ethiopia diplomacy: Tom Campbell

  14-07-2020 15:00
  
  Susan Rice is being prominently mentioned as a possible vice presidential pick by Joe Biden.
  Rice is the former national security adviser and ambassador to the United Nations under President Obama. She was also the assistant secretary of state for African Affairs under President Clinton. I served on the Africa Subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee during Rice’s time overseeing American-African policy.
  Most relevantly, my wife (at her own expense) and I traveled to Eri
  
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• U.S. carries out the 1st federal execution in nearly 2 decades

  14-07-2020 14:08
  
  By MICHAEL BALSAMO
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The U.S. government on Tuesday carried out the first federal execution in almost two decades, putting to death a man who was convicted of killing an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest. The execution came over the objection of the victims’ family.
  Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, of Yukon, Oklahoma, died by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.
  “I didn’t do it,”
  
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• Supreme Court clears way for execution of federal prisoner

  14-07-2020 14:08
  
  By MICHAEL BALSAMO
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The Trump administration was moving ahead early Tuesday with the execution of the first federal prison inmate in 17 years after a divided Supreme Court reversed lower courts and ruled federal executions could proceed.
  Daniel Lewis Lee had been scheduled to receive a lethal dose of the powerful sedative pentobarbital at 4 p.m. EDT Monday. But a court order issued Monday morning by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan prevented Lee’s execution.
  A fed
  
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• Galaxy unable to get on track, drops MLS is Back Tournament opener

  14-07-2020 07:48
  
  LA Galaxy forward Cristian Pavon (10) controls the ball in front of Portland Timbers defender Jorge Villafana, front, midfielder Diego Chara (21) and midfielder Eryk Williamson during the second half of an MLS soccer match Monday, July 13, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
  Portland Timbers midfielder Marvin Loria, right, follows through on a shot at the goal in front of LA Galaxy midfielder Sacha Kljestan during the first half of an MLS soccer match Monday, July 13, 2020, in
  
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• Huntington Beach man accused of stealing millions from LA nonprofits helping people with disabilities

  14-07-2020 07:18
  
  LOS ANGELES — The head of several nonprofit organizations intended to serve individuals with disabilities is facing charges of embezzling more than $2 million in public funds, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday.
  Nnaemeka Ezenagu, 53, of Huntington Beach, is facing one count each of grand theft by embezzlement and grand theft of embezzlement of public funds. He was arrested last Thursday on a warrant issued in March and released after a citation was iss
  
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• OC Board of Education votes to support return to school without social distancing, masks

  14-07-2020 05:20
  
  On the same day that Los Angeles Unified and San Diego Unified district administrators announced their schools would start online only in the fall, the Orange County Board of Education went a different way.
  The conservative-leaning board voted Monday night on its own guidelines: for students to return to campus, without social distancing or face masks.
  The lone dissenting vote was Trustee Beckie Gomez, also the only board member to wear a mask during the meeting.
  The board has no power to direct
  
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• LAFC use a late rally to tie with Dynamo in MLS is Back tournament

  14-07-2020 04:32
  
  Los Angeles Football Club fell into an early hole in Monday night’s group stage match against the Houston Dynamo, but the team’s high-powered offense flexed its muscle in the second half, earning 3-3 draw and LAFC’s first point of the MLS is Back tournament.
  Before the match, head coach Bob Bradley said that LAFC would have to pick intelligent spots to push the ball forward against Houston instead of trying to execute the team’s traditional pressing style of play for 90 m
  
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• Coronavirus: 540 new cases reported; estimated 10,554 recoveries in Orange County as of July 13

  14-07-2020 03:37
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency  reported another 540 new cases of the coronavirus as of Monday, July 13, pushing Orange County’s total to 25,255 since local testing began in March.
  There was one new death recorded Monday, bringing the total number of Orange County residents who have died to 424.
  Of the 424 deaths, 212 were skilled nursing facility residents and two were listed as homeless.
  According to the California Department of Health, there have been 97 COVID-19 deaths in Or
  
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• Second shutdown sparks frustration, fear and resignation in OC

  14-07-2020 03:28
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom’s move to slow the spread of coronavirus by reclosing churches, gyms, bars and dozens of other indoor gathering points drew mixed reviews Monday, July 13 from people who figure to be directly affected by the decision.
  “In a way, I’m glad the governor has shut everything down so we can get some sense of getting a little bit healthier,” said Connie Allan, who owns Boat Canyon Barbers in Laguna Beach.
  “But what a bummer.”
  Newsom described the sh
  
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• Jim Carrey gets real in his satirical fictional memoir

  14-07-2020 03:12
  
  By Jake Coyle
  When Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon handed in the book they had toiled on for eight years — a satirical “anti-memoir” about Carrey’s life but with increasingly extreme flights of absurdity — to Sonny Mehta, the late Knopf publisher said he would put it out as a novel. Carrey and Vachon protested.
  “But Sonny, the project was to blow up the celebrity memoir,” they argued.
  “Well, yes,” replied Mehta. “But how then would you expla
  
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• Irvine offers free coronavirus tests to people who live or work in the city

  14-07-2020 03:09
  
  Partnering with two health labs and a company that provides a medical scheduling and communications platform, Irvine launched a coronavirus testing site at the Great Park on Monday, July 13.
  For at least the next month, drive-through tests are available by appointment to anyone who lives or works in the city, whether or not they have symptoms of COVID-19. For those who have health insurance, the cost will be billed to the insurer; the city is picking up the tab for uninsured people.
  A local, acc
  
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• Shohei Ohtani returns to mound in Angels intrasquad game

  14-07-2020 02:48
  
  ANAHEIM >> Shohei Ohtani returned to the mound after missing a few days with a stiff back and got through 15 batters over four trips to the mound. Facing a Triple-A lineup, Ohtani struck out one, walked four, hit a batter and gave up two hits.
  One of the hits was a double by Jo Adell, the Angels top prospect. Adell also had a hard line out to center field.
  Although Ohtani pitched the day after he had hit in an intrasquad game, Maddon said it’s not in the Angels plans to use him that
  
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